Roy Roth Brown Bear Hunt
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From: midwest
12-May-23
Spinning off the Cam Hanes thread... I just happened to come across this Roy Roth video last night and thought it was outstanding. Great footage and some butt puckering brown bear stalks and bow kills. Wow!
From: shane
12-May-23
That will sure get your heart pumping.
From: drycreek
12-May-23
Thanks for posting that. Roy was truly a beast !
From: maxracx
12-May-23
Very cool!!! High pucker factor.
From: BOWNBIRDHNTR
12-May-23
I remember watching that video several years ago. Was just as fun to watch again today!
From: smarba
12-May-23
I was surprised how quickly the bears went down with frontal shots. Roy obviously had a very good understanding of anatomy.
From: Groundhunter
13-May-23
How heavy is the hide they pack out. How do they get all that meat out and what do they do with it?
From: wildwilderness
13-May-23
Hides are heavy, 100lbs plus. For a truly big bear may need to cut it in half...
No need to take any meat. Do not need to salvage brown bear meat in AK. full of parasites and could be nasty
From: Groundhunter
13-May-23
Thanks I did not know that. I thought all meat had to be taken. Sure would feed alot of dogs
From: midwest
14-May-23
The no salvage law sure worked out for Roy. The rifle hunter created a bait station that the biggest, baddest bear in the valley was parked on.
From: Groundhunter
14-May-23
Does anyone know what his set up was? Poundage and broadhead?
From: BlacktailBob
14-May-23
Pretty sure Roy used a 70 pound bow and a Montec broadhead on that bear. I killed a brown bear that the hide weighed in at 150 pounds in a rubbermaid trash can for shipment from Kodiak to Anchorage. Was not as big as the bear Roy killed on that hunt.
From: Groundhunter
14-May-23
Ok Thanks. Next year I am going to Alaska. Won't be hunting brown bears, but seeing one will be cool.
From: Whocares
14-May-23
Wow! Great video! Thinking back to my week on Kodiak and all the bears. Don't know about the archery deal for them!!
From: Pete In Fairbanks
15-May-23
Groundhunter: The first brown bear hide I packed as an Assistant Guide (MANY years ago...) had the head/skull and all 4 feet still unskinned. It weighed 157 pounds on a certified scale when we got back to "camp" (a cannery on the W side of Kodiak Island.) Now, years (and several hernia operations) later, I don't do that shit any more! I always take the time to skin and at least rough flesh the hide before packing it.
Pete
From: nmwapiti
15-May-23
That was great. Roy wasn't afraid of angling in shot angles on bears.
From: BlacktailBob
16-May-23
Roy wasn't afraid of much. Forgot, that 150 pounds included the skull in there too.
